I fell into the Nug hype too and so far ive only spent 1 full day on it and i am really impressed with it. The day mainly consisted of groomed runs with some tree pow and it held its own on everything. The first run was really wierd but it was more the fact it was my first time out this season and i was getting mind fucked from the size of this(142 lol and my normal stick is a 151). This board is not for a pro throwing 720's of huge kickers but if you're wanting something super fun to throw around this would be it.